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Originally Posted by HydroJim
What do you guys think about how Tesla is doing?
I think they need to bring a cheaper car to market though. Their 70,000 price is really not too bad compared to other luxury cars but eventually the luxury car buyers will dry up.
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That market won't dry up - but it'll be saturated.
Tesla don't really have other revenue to finance their electric cars with, so buyers pay full price for what they get.
Going for the higher markets is the only realistic way to do it
As the Tesla are decidedly up-market, while the batteries aren't cheap and there's plenty of them, the price is high.
Other car manufacturers pay their current losses on the EVs with whatever they make from regular cars.
Even then, it's a bargain compared to VW's tiny XL1 ...
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I like their battery swap idea at their tesla stations.
It's the only way I think consumers will accept electric cars for long distance trips.
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The battery swap is dead already - see BetterPlace .
There's simply too few Tesla stores around to make it work.